No. 9 Auburn baseball faced an early deficit against Cincinnati on Tuesday night at Plainsman Park and was unable to muster any runs as it fell 8-0 in its first piece of midweek action.
The story of the game for Auburn was a 0-for-9 mark at the plate with runners in scoring position and only five hits on the night, one game after the Tigers exploded for 20 hits in Game Three of its weekend series with Youngstown State.
Bub Terrell recorded the Tigers’ first two hits with a pair of doubles in the first and third frames, and Chase Fralick barrelled a pair of singles. Bristol Carter tallied an infield single in the ninth.
Auburn recorded a .156 team batting average, left nine runners stranded and was 0-for-12 with runners on base.
The Bearcats plated a run in the opening frame after a one-out double from Jackson Smith – who stole third – and a walk placed runners on the corners. A wild pitch from Auburn starter Andreas Alvarez plated Smith for an early 1-0 lead.
In the second, Cincinnati strung together a leadoff single and double to right center to give it runners in scoring position with no outs. A flyout to right field plated Enzo Infelise, who recorded the single.
Auburn held the Bearcats scoreless until the eighth, where they plated two insurance runs. A leadoff double and an infield single gave them runners on the corners. Cincinnati’s third consecutive hit was an RBI single to plate a run. A grounder to third, where Eric Guevara’s transition to the plate was not clean, gave the Bearcats a four-run cushion.
Cincinnati added four insurance runs in the ninth with four of its 14 hits coming in the frame.
After pitching four straight scoreless games to end his 2025 campaign, Alvarez got the nod for the Tigers. The right-handed sophomore gave up five hits and two runs in four innings of work with eight strikeouts – one shy of his career high.
Christian Chatterton relieved Alvarez in the fifth and gave up two runs on five hits with three strikeouts. LJ Cormier tossed a scoreless eighth after Chatterton’s exit, and Marcel Kulick, Abe Chancellor and Justice de Jong combined to close out the ninth.
Auburn will hit the road to compete in the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series in Arlington, Texas, this weekend, beginning on Friday against Kansas State. First pitch is set for 7 p.m. and can be watched with a FloCollege subscription.
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